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Friday, March 11, 2011

I crushed the color challenge!

Hi stampers! Quick post today to share the card I made last night. This card uses the current color challenge from Splitcoast stampers and the colors were concord crush, pear pizazz, and bashful blue. I have not used concord crush AT all if you can believe that but I really liked it here. This card has a lot of layers and elements but was still fairly simple to make.

Just a couple of notes:

1. The main image what stamped using a technique called "thumping". I took my markers and inked up the flower with bashful blue and the stem and leaf with my pear and then I took and ran my marker around the edge and then thumped it up and down on the body of the flower a few times. I think the technique is GREAT for a hydrangea....I hope the one I planted last summer comes up this year! It didn't do too well...I have a better green thumb in my flowers on my card I think hehe.

2. It's hard to see in the photo but I used one of our vintage trinket brads on the sentiment. It's really cute and looks like a tiny old button.

3. I also used my color spritzer with the concord crush marker to spritz the main image and the first edition DSP (I KNOW, I said I wouldn't use it....I just can't help myself *sigh*).

4. The pear layer was run through the big shot and then I took my ink pad directly to the paper to distress and age it.

2 comments:

Very pretty card, Mindy! I love the color combo and if I'm lucky enough to find a few minutes in my stamping room today, maybe I'll give it a try. The thumping technique is great for the hydrangea and the First Edition DSP is the perfect accent! ;-) You make beautiful vintage-style cards!

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